PACTware 4.1 SP4
PACTware Consortium e.V.

Copyright (C) 1999-2015 PACTware Consortium e.V.
All rights reserved
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Contents
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 1. Overview
 2. Software requirements
 3. Hardware requirements
 4. Installation
 5. Deinstallation
 6. Start PACTware
 7. Known Problems
 8. Changes in this version
 9. Error messages
10. Download .Net Framework 2.0

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1. Overview
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 PACTware (Process Automation Configuration Tool) is a program designed to combine
 communication-capable field devices of different vendors in projects.
 PACTware is used in accordance with the FDT Specification 1.2.1 (Field Device 
 Tool Specification) as frame program for DTMs (Device Type Manager), which are 
 provided as configuration software by field device vendors. The communication 
 with field devices using protocols like e.g. the HART or Profibus protocol is 
 established via a CommDTM (Communication DTM).
  
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2. Software requirements
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 PACTware runs under the operating system Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
 and Windows 8. To use the print functions and Online Help MS Internet Explorer
 4.0 or higher is required.
 
 Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 are not supported by this PACTware
 release.

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3. Hardware requirements
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 PACTware requires 100 MByte disk space, 50 MByte main memory. 
 It is recommended to use a computer with III 400 MHz processor or higher, 
 XGA graphics and a Microsoft compatible mouse or an equivalent pointing device
 is required.
 
 Please also note the hardware requirements of device drivers.
 
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4. Installation
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 Under Windows XP/Vista/7/8 Administrator Rights are required.

 Before you install PACTware to the computer, close all running programs.
 In addition, the .net Runtime Environment Version 2.0 must be installed on your
 PC before installing PACTware.

 The Setup-File PACTware41setup.zip contains
 the Base-Setup for PACTware 4.1 with Online-Help in several languages
 the HART CommDTM for PACTware 4.1 and the Generic HART DTM
 
 After unpacking the installation into a temporary directory it is started by a 
 double-click on Setup.exe.
 
 After selecting the installation language the user is guided through the installation.

 An individual setup requesting user input starts automatically for the HART CommDTM
 and the Generic HART DTM.
 
 If PACTware 3.0, 3.5, 3.6, or PACTware 4.0 were installed on the PC, all passwords 
 for PACTware 4.1 can be transferred at the end of the installation. 

 PACTware 2.4, 3.0 and 3.6 can be used on the same PC in parallel.

 A program group is entered to the Windows Start menu
 for the current user and a link to PACTware 4.1 is displayed on the desktop.

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5. Uninstall
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 PACTware is uninstalled via menu item "Uninstall PCATware 4.1" in the program
 group named PACTware 4.1.
 
 Exit PACTware before you start the uninstall program,
 otherwise it is impossible to uninstall all components.

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6. Start PACTware
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 PACTware is always delivered with at least one DTM. Before starting
 PACTware, the DTM and its setup program must have been installed.

 PACTware is either started by a double-click on the link on the desktop or in
 the Windows Start menu via <Programs> in the installed program group using
 entry PACTware 4.1.

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7. Known Problems
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7.1 If only the tree view of the device catalogue is displayed under certain 
 conditions, execution of PACTwareResetSettings.reg file delivered with the 
 installation .zip file sets default width of the tree view sub window again.

7.2 In older Microsoft Internet Explorer versions only the left part is displayed
 when printing DTM parameters and project trees. As of Internet Explorer Version 7
 the entire print preview is displayed.

7.3 When using Softing CommDTM release 2.04 without a valid license and opening
 an existing project using this DTM, the program could crash. A valid license is
 required.

7.4 Due to a restriction to install PACTware 4.0 if PACTware 4.1 is already 
 installed PCATware 3.6 is also not installable. If you need PACTware 3.6 you 
 have therefore temporarily to uninstall PACTware 4.1. After finishing installation
 of PACTware 3.6 you can reinstall it.

7.5 If you use the TCI-AddIn with PACTware 4.1 (or lower) you have to execute 
 PACTware as administrator to update the device catalogue on Windows Vista/7/8 
 systems. Therefore you have to right click on the PACTware desktop link. Then 
 in the pop-up menu you have to choose "Run as administrator".

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8. Changes in this version / hints
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8.1 The new diagnostic Scan Addin collects NAMUR status information from the field
 devices if the DTMs were implemented according to the FDT 1.2.1 specification and
 support the semantic domain "PACTware".
  
 Additionally it is able to generate status information according to NE107 for
 - HART devices
 - Profibus devices implementing PA Profile 3.02 and higher  
 if the gateway/communication DTM supports multiple connections to a single device.    
    
8.2 Topology scan is provided for FDT 1.2 (HART+Profibus) and FDT 1.2.1 DTMs    

8.3 PACTware 4.1 supports the communication protocols
    - HART Release 5
    - Profibus
    - Profinet IO
    - Interbus
    - CanOpen
    - Modbus
    - Foundation Fieldbus (FF)
    - CIP
    - IO-Link

8.4 With 4.1 SP2 Chinese language support has been added. Additionally robustness  
 and stability has been improved further more and some workflows have been optmized.
 Also one problem while downgrading PACTware 4.1 SP1 to PACTware 4.0 has been fixed.
 To fix this issue you have first to install SP2 and then downgrade to PACTware 4.0
 (deinstall 4.1 SP2 and reinstall 4.0).

8.5 With 4.1 SP3 Portuguese language support has been added. Additionally robustness 
 resp. memory consumption regarding update of the device catalog has been improved. 
 Therefore in 'Options' window you can activate to execute the update in a
 'protected mode'. Set this option is recommended if there is a very large amount
 of DTMs installed (>1000).

8.6 SP4 resolves an error regarding TCI. There was a problem starting 
 PACTware with a file name as command line parameter. The file extension 
 lead to an error message which caused an unexpected program termination. 
 This is also listed in a bug report by US Department of Homeland Security 
 (ICS-VU-184346). Hereby we like to point out emphatically, that the referenced
 file will neither be loaded nor executed by PACTware.
 Additionally the handling of big projects regarding load and save has been improved.
 
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9. Error messages
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 In case of  DTM- or PACTware-related problems, contact the hotline at
 hotline@pactware.com or call +49 (0) 7240 9430967.

 Information about the vendor of PACTware is contained in a form, which is called 
 via menu item About … in the help menu.

 Information about the DTM can be obtained either via menu item Properties
 by opening the context menu of the device in the project structure or via the 
 Info key in the device catalogue of after selecting the concerned device from 
 the catalogue. 

 Please state the operating system PACTware runs under as well as the PACTware 
 and DTM program versions. Any information about the interactions and/or the 
 implemented functions, which may have caused the problem, are appreciated 
 for trouble-shooting. In addition, screen shots are helpful in the analysis.

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10. Download .Net Framework 2.0
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 Link to Download .NET Framework 2.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
